Package-tie.



A. H. LAGESON.

PAGKAGE TIE.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 10, 1908.

Patented Oct. 13,1908.

ALBERT H. LAGESON, OF MABEL, MINNESOTA.

PACKAGE-TIE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Application filed. April 10, 1908. Serial No. 426,333.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. LAGESON, a citizen of the United States,residin at Mabel, in the county of Fillmore and tate of Minnesota, haveinvented a new and useful Package-Tie, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to packa e ties'of that character designed to beemp oyed for holding mail matter securely assembled while beingtransported through the mails.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of this characterwhich shall be capable of being readily manipulated to secure the objectsought, which will positively prevent the binder from loosening orbecoming disconnected, which shall protect the binder against cutting,and which shall ossess merit in point of simplicity, durabi ity,inexpensiveness of production, and practicability.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a package tie, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings formin a part of this specification, and inwhich l1ke characters of reference indicate corres onding parts, Figure1 is a view in perspective of the package tie. Fig. 2 is a simllar view,

showing the manner inwhich the tie is employed in holding a bundle ofmail matter assembled. Fig. 3 is a erspective view, on an enlarged scaleand loo king in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1, show'in the mannerin which the binder is assemb ed with the tie when the former is securedaround a bundle of letters.

The article comprises a piece of wire, of any appropriate gage, bent toform a shank consisting of two crotches 1 and 2. One terminal of thewire is bent to form a binder engaging eye 3, and the other terminal isbent to provide a binder clamp embodying two whirls 4 and 5. As shown inFig. 1, the eye and the whirls occupy substantially parallel planes,while the crotches are disposed at right angles to the plane of theparts.

The whirl 4 has a portion of its length disposed within the crotch 1,and its terminal projected through the whirl 5 and disposed to bearthereon, the object of this arrangement bein to brace the whirl 4 fromundue yielding re atively to the whirl 5, whereby to secure the mosteflective clamping or biting action between the two whirls.

The binder 6 is constructed of a length of cord or twine of anypreferred character, and has one end knotted in the eye 3, as shown at7, the other portion of the binder being adapted to engage with thecrotch 2 and to be pinched in'between the two whirls, as clearly shownin Fig. 2.

In the use of the article, after the mail matter M has been bunched, asshown in Fig. 2, the tie is placed upon the top thereof, with the thumbof the left hand bearing upon the eye 3, and the binder is then passedaround the bundle, thence through the crotch 2, and is carried to theleft lon itudinally and com pletely around the bundle, thence a ain intothe crotch 2, around which a comp ete turn is taken, and the binder isfinally pinched into or between the two whirls, and by tightly drawingthe binder into the crotch 9 formed by the whirl 5 and the overlyingterminal 8 of the whirl 4, the binder will be securely clamped againstany danger of working loose.

The improvements herein defined, while simple in character, will befound thoroughly efiicient in securin the objects sought, and will beentirely re iable against accidental scattering of bunched mail.

I claim:

1. A package tie comprising a piece of wire bent to form adouble-crotched shank, one terminal of the wire being formed into an eyeand its other terminal into a two-whirled binder clamp, the eye andclamp being disposed in substantial y parallel planes and at rightangles to the shank.

2. A package tie comprising a piece of wire bent to form adouble-crotched shank, one terminal of the wire being formed into an eyeand its other terminal into a two-whirled binder clamp, a portion of oneof the whirls being disposed within one of the crotches to brace theformer against undue yielding relatively to the other whirl.

3. A package tie comprising a piece of wire bent to form adouble-crotched shank, one terminal of the wire being formed into an eyeand its other terminal into a two-whirled binder clamp, a portion of oneof the whirls I my own, I have hereto allixed my signature beingdisposed ivithin one of the crotches 1 in the presence of two witnesses.With its terinina dis osed to been 113011 the other Whirl thus to bracethe filSl'l-HELHIGCl l ALBERl LAGEbON' 5 Whirl against undue yieldingrelatively to 2 Vfitnesses:

the last-named Whirl. J. C. VVIIITE,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as l A. L. TOLLEFSON.

